"The rebels are coming!"
"Run!"
"Why are you running? I've heard that wherever the rebels go, order is maintained. As long as we don't resist, we'll be fine."
The inexplicable death of Emperor Dafeng could not be concealed after all.
For a time, the defenders of the capital were in chaos. No matter how loyal they were to the Dafeng Dynasty, they had to see hope in order to have hope.
Now the emperor is dead, and died at such a critical moment——
Most of the defenders even thought that the mandate of heaven had been lost.
In addition, Lin Yuan took the opportunity to take action in the capital, entangled most of the Taoist priests, and the army outside the capital launched a sudden attack again.
This capital city, which had been run by the Dafeng Dynasty for seven or eight hundred years, collapsed.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
One by one, the Taoist mages entered the city first.
As those who have entered the city, they are powerful individuals and are the first to enter the city. They are often able to take control of the situation in the shortest time.
As for the Taoist priest? He was waiting outside the capital, ready to provide support at any time.
Even with Lin Yuan's training, in the past seventy years, he has only trained less than two hundred Heavenly Masters, and some of them have to suppress the states that have already been conquered.
A Taoist priest is a person of profound background and certainly cannot enter the capital easily.
Even if the city gate is breached, who knows if there are any backup plans inside that could kill the Heavenly Master.
Even if one is as strong as a Taoist priest, he is still essentially a mortal. If his arm is broken, he will be seriously injured, and if his heart or head is shattered, he will die beyond death.
No matter how strong the mental power is, it will quickly disappear without the support of the physical body.
Outside the palace.
A large group of military officers in armor were filled with excitement, looking at the magnificent palace not far away.
Thinking back on the experiences along the way now, it seems like a dream.
It went so smoothly.
It was so smooth that it was almost unbelievable.
Since ancient times, it has been unknown how much it would cost to overthrow a dynasty.
This was only possible because batches of rebels died one after another, exhausting the dynasty's last resources.
Not to mention a dynasty like the Dafeng Dynasty which was at its peak. For such a dynasty, as long as the emperor did not commit suicide, there was almost no possibility of its collapse.
With the Dafeng Dynasty's control over various states.
There is no room for rebellion.
Even the Red Lotus Sect is a third-rate force with only ordinary practitioners in charge.
They were all quickly destroyed by the Zhendaosi's plan, not to mention other slightly more prominent rebel forces.
There is no room for survival.
However, since their "uprising", they have had smooth sailing and have hardly encountered any decent resistance.
In the blink of an eye, they reached the capital.
I originally thought that conquering the capital would be a fierce battle.
After all, after realizing that it could not resist, the Dafeng Dynasty had recalled all its forces back to the capital as much as possible.
Plus the original heritage of the capital.
It can be said to be one of the most powerful forces in the world.
But it happened at this time.
News came that Emperor Dafeng had died.
Moreover, at the critical moment, all the Taoist priests who were defending the city were dragged down and suppressed.
The outside army rushed in with just one charge.
"Have we overthrown Dae-bong?"
One of the burly generals muttered to himself.
"Not us."
A middle-aged scholar glanced at the general, shook his head and said, "It's my lord."
"It was the Lord who overthrew the Dafeng Dynasty. We were just following the Lord."
The middle-aged scholar added.
As soon as these words came out.
The other many generals rarely made any rebuttal.
Those who can sit in their position naturally have good eyesight and judgment.
Since the army rebellion, everything has been going smoothly and it has not encountered any decent resistance.
Who do you rely on?
Isn't it the Lord who is behind all this?
Without the master, they can't even think of killing here.
They can't even break out of their own states.
At the beginning of the Dafeng Dynasty, they had a local army like this.
There have been many restrictions in place for a long time.
A state rebellion.
The surrounding states immediately sent troops to blockade the area.
The capital city took charge of the overall situation and carried out the suppression.
This almost eliminated the possibility of a successful rebellion.
Unless the Dafeng Dynasty really reached its end and had no control over the states.
It is obviously still very early in this regard.
also.
They had just reached the outskirts of the capital.
Then he heard the news of the emperor's death.
If this is not related to the master, who can believe it?
The Emperor of Dafeng will die sooner or later.
Why did he die just when they were about to have a decisive battle?
You can say that.
In this "uprising" that overthrew the Dafeng Dynasty.
It is the master who truly makes the final decision.
With the Lord around, even if it weren't them, a tied dog could overthrow Dafeng.
If there is no master.
Even if their forces and army were ten or a hundred times stronger, they would not be able to break into the capital so easily.
"Where is the Lord now?"
Another general looked up.
After they entered the capital, they quickly took control of the city.
Then he waited outside the palace, waiting for the master to come.
Breaking into the capital and entering the palace are not the same thing.
Only the latter means truly overthrowing the rule of the Dafeng Dynasty.
But they dare not bear such an achievement.
To be honest, everyone felt that they did not play much of a role in this "uprising".
It's not that they are incompetent, but that they simply don't have any chance to perform.
"Wait."
The middle-aged scholar glanced at the many generals and waited patiently.
Without the Lord's presence, no one dared to enter the palace without permission.
A certain street.
Lin Yuan looked lost in thought.
After killing Emperor Dafeng, Lin Yuan searched the palace again to make sure that there was no second emperor hiding.
He then went to the top of the city wall and suppressed the many Taoist priests who were guarding the city wall.
This allowed the army outside to rush in smoothly.
After doing all this.
Lin Yuan never joined the main army.
Instead, he walked quietly on the streets of the capital.
The enormous mental power covers an area of one kilometer in radius, and every detail is felt.
Kill the Emperor of Dafeng, and this time loop world will not end yet.
Lin Yuan easily deduced that it was the Emperor of Dafeng that he had killed.
He was not a real Dafeng emperor and was most likely a puppet.
This puppet was definitely the work of the real Emperor Dafeng, otherwise it would have been impossible to hide it from the civil and military ministers in the court, as well as many royal relatives.
How could this scene happen without the cooperation and acquiescence of the real emperor?
There are so many Taoist priests in the palace who are not blind.
There would be no such thing as the emperor being replaced quietly.
That is to say.
The real Emperor Dafeng did not die.
The time cycle test originates from the supreme rules.
Absolutely fair.
It is said that you can pass the test by killing the Emperor of Dafeng.
That means you will definitely pass the test.
There is no possibility of changing the target midway.
"Why did the emperor deliberately train a puppet to replace himself?"
Lin Yuan thought quickly in his mind.
Throughout the dynasties of this world, there have indeed been cases where emperors have trained puppets to attend court on their behalf.
These actions basically occurred in turbulent times when the dynasty was unprecedentedly weak and the emperor had no choice but to do so in order to prevent numerous assassination attempts.
Before the uprising, the Dafeng Dynasty was at its peak. Even if Lin Yuan personally attempted the assassination, judging from the timeline, the assassination would most likely have failed.
In this case, there is no need for the emperor to train a puppet at all.
I am absolutely safe, why should I train a puppet to replace me?
And even if I train a puppet, I will not be too far away from the puppet so that I can control it at any time.
Lin Yuan had just searched the entire palace, and now he has basically searched the entire capital, but there is no trace of the second emperor.
In other words, the real emperor is most likely not in the capital?
Cultivating a puppet emperor who is exactly the same as himself, not completely controlling him, but also actively leaving the capital?
Aren't you afraid that the puppet will become the real emperor?
In fact.
According to the information Lin Yuan has obtained over the past forty or fifty years.
This puppet emperor is actually no different from the real emperor.
He basically took control of all military and political affairs of the Dafeng Dynasty.
Otherwise, Lin Yuan would not have killed the emperor the moment he saw him.
"The real Dafeng Emperor cultivated a puppet, then disappeared, allowing the puppet emperor to become the real emperor?"
Lin Yuan looked a little weird.
Could it be that the real Emperor of Dafeng does not want to be emperor?
But if he really didn't want to be the emperor, he could just abdicate and choose an emperor from the royal family to succeed him.
It wouldn't be so troublesome at all.
Delegate power to a puppet emperor, and once this puppet emperor gains power.
He would definitely want to kill the real emperor.
Unless
Lin Yuan has something in mind.
Unless the real Emperor Dafeng had already known that someone wanted to kill him.
That's why he escaped so quietly, leaving behind a nominal puppet to attract attention.
I don't know where to hide.
"Is this the true difficulty of the test within the time loop?"
"Did the other party already know that I wanted to kill the emperor?"
Lin Yuan concluded that this was the only way to explain the puppet emperor.
"And the real Emperor of Dafeng also deduced that he was definitely no match for me, so he had no intention of killing me in advance?"
Lin Yuan speculated deeply.
Otherwise, he would not have abandoned the throne and run away without any resistance.
Abandoning the throne of Dafeng and handing over the ninety-nine states to a puppet?
Not everyone has this kind of courage.
"For the past 40 to 50 years, the daily life of the Emperor of Dafeng has been under my surveillance. Therefore, the replacement of the puppet must not have taken place within these 40 to 50 years. In other words, it was 40 to 50 years ago?"
"And cultivating a puppet that is almost identical to oneself cannot be done in a short period of time. It will take at least 20 to 30 years."
"Forty to fifty years, plus twenty to thirty years, seventy to eighty years? Close to the time point when I descended into this time loop?"
Lin Yuan stopped.
Lines of illusory fonts flashed beneath my sight.
It's a certain timeline.
The owner of this timeline is the puppet emperor killed by Lin Yuan.
This world of time cycle has an almost harsh suppression on the rules.
Lin Yuan is far from being able to establish cause and effect by just reciting the other person's name, and then view the other person's timeline through the cause and effect relationship.
Only by actively forming an important causal relationship with the other party can you view its timeline.
For example, because of the relationship between Lin Yuan and his third uncle, he can actively view the future and past timelines of his third uncle.
And when Lin Yuan took action to kill the puppet emperor, a key causal line was naturally established between the two.
However, due to the influence of the time loop world, the formation of the causal line takes time, and it has not been completely formed until now.
Lin Yuan also began to view the past timeline of his puppet emperor through cause and effect.
The puppet emperor is dead, so naturally there is no future timeline.
Lin Yuan was watching the past timeline.
[A year ago, the Zhendao Division sent intelligence that the cause of the unrest in the ninety-nine states of the world has been found. It all originated from the Black Wind Village in the Black Mountain. Kill, these villains should all be killed]
[Ten years ago, the concubine who was brought into the palace a few days ago tasted really good]
[Twenty years ago, when could I become a Taoist priest? ]
[Thirty years ago, those old ministers in the court really deserved to die. I am not angry. I am the emperor now and cannot be angry.]
[Forty years ago, no one could tell whether I was the real emperor]
[Fifty years ago, my master found me and asked me to take his place. My master's identity turned out to be the emperor of Dafeng. Am I the emperor? ]
[If my master hadn't found me seventy years ago, a beggar like me would have frozen to death. I must repay my master in the future.]
Every detail of the puppet emperor's past was presented to Lin Yuan in the form of text.
Although it is certainly not all, after all, the ability to view the timeline is also greatly suppressed.
But through these text messages, Lin Yuan roughly understood everything he wanted to know.
"He is indeed a puppet emperor."
Lin Yuan's expression was slightly solemn. "The real Dafeng Emperor disappeared fifty years ago, and the training of the puppet emperor began seventy years ago, which is when I came to this time-looping world."
Lin Yuan looked a little weird.
As soon as I arrived in this time-looping world, the other party started to train puppets?
What a coincidence.
If the real Emperor Dafeng knew in advance that he was going to kill him, there would be no possibility of stopping him.
It should have been cultivated several years in advance, why did it happen to be stuck at the time of my arrival?
If the Emperor of Dafeng knew that I was going to kill him at the moment I arrived, he would be unable to resist even if he knew it was impossible.
It is not necessary to train a puppet immediately without any hesitation.
Maybe there was an element of coincidence, but Lin Yuan still felt it was too much of a coincidence.
"Unfortunately, I have no contact with the real Dafeng Emperor, so I can't establish the key cause and effect relationship at all, and I can't observe the other party's timeline."
Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.
He was able to observe the timeline of the puppet emperor because he killed him, creating important cause and effect.
But the real Dafeng Emperor? He disappeared fifty years ago. And fifty years ago, Lin Yuan's strength was superior to that of ordinary Taoist priests.
But they definitely did not have the strength to force their way into the Dafeng Palace.
Even if we knew what was happening today, it would be impossible to establish any causal relationship.
Even now, Lin Yuan was able to enter the palace successfully only with the help of Lin's army.
"But it's not without gain."
"At least I know that the real emperor of the Dafeng Dynasty is still alive and hiding somewhere in this world. I just need to find him."
Lin Yuan thought to himself.
Immediately took a step forward.
In front of the palace.
Many military generals and scholars were waiting patiently.
Until Lin Yuan appeared.
"Meet the master."
Everyone immediately knelt on one knee and spoke respectfully to Lin Yuan.
The more they reviewed this "uprising", the more they realized how terrifying Lin Yuan was.
Dynasties throughout history have all perished because of their extreme weakness.
However, the Dafeng Dynasty perished at its peak.
And the source of everything is Lin Yuan.
With his own strength, he laid out ninety-nine states, and eventually pushed the Dafeng Dynasty into the abyss step by step.
Such tactics frightened everyone present even though they were the master's trusted confidants.
"Get up."
Lin Yuan glanced at the imperial palace not far away and said casually.
He had been into this palace before and had no curiosity about what was inside.
"The army's attack on the city did not disturb the people."
Lin Yuan asked.
This time, when Lin Yuan launched the "uprising", he was only targeting the Emperor of Dafeng.
They did not have much ill will towards the common people, and even set up special rules for conquering cities and territories to minimize the impact on the common people.
The small countries surrounding Dafeng were basically infiltrated by Lin Yuan and never plundered the people during this turbulent period.
"Reporting to the Lord, the soldiers have done nothing wrong."
The generals spoke up immediately.
The main reason was that the war went too smoothly.
"My Lord, the Great Feng is unjust. My Lord should establish a new dynasty and rule the world again."
A counselor immediately spoke up.
This is also inevitable.
Overthrow the old dynasty and establish a new one.
It's completely natural.
It is also a necessary action to further expand the war.
"Um."
Lin Yuan nodded.
Now the real Emperor Dafeng is missing.
Lin Yuan still needs the help of the world's power to search for the other party's whereabouts.
"I don't know what to name the new dynasty."
The counselor asked tentatively.
"The country's name?"
Lin Yuan pondered for a while and said, "Let's call him Dayan."
During the third time travel, Lin Yuan descended into a world ruled by divine weapons and became the Crown Prince of Dayan.
When he founded the new dynasty this time, Lin Yuan directly used the name of Dayan to avoid having to choose a new one.
"Dayan, okay, let's call you Dayan."
Many generals looked at each other with excited expressions.
When the Great Yan Kingdom is established, they will all be founding heroes.
Next.
Lin Yuan issued a series of orders.
Used to stabilize the situation at the beginning of the new dynasty.
Not to mention that after the third time traveling, he already had the experience of being an emperor.
Among human civilization alone, there are a large number of experiences and lessons learned from dynastic rule.
Lin Yuan was quite familiar with establishing a new dynasty.
"besides."
Lin Yuan looked at the many generals and counselors, "Next, search for all the people and things related to the remnants of Dafeng. I will personally review all the information clues."
The purpose of this order is to find the real Emperor Dafeng who disappeared fifty years ago.
Unless the real Emperor Dafeng completely secludes himself, even if he hides in some corner of the world, he will most likely have contact with the outside world.
For example, daily necessities, etc.?
As long as there is an exchange with the outside world, clues will be left behind.
This way there is a possibility of being discovered.
After the establishment of the Great Yan Dynasty, Lin Yuan will set up an intelligence organization specifically responsible for searching for the real Emperor Dafeng.
"yes."
Everyone nodded immediately.
They were not surprised that Lin Yuan was searching for the remnants of Dafeng.
Rulers of all dynasties would basically purge the remnants of the royal family of the previous dynasty.
One is to avoid hidden dangers.
The second is that it has reached the point of rebellion, and there must be irreconcilable contradictions with the dynasty itself, such as some deep hatred or something like that.
The Dafeng Dynasty collapsed.
The Great Yan Dynasty was founded.
The alternation of the old and new dynasties has a great impact on the people of the ninety-nine states in the world.
It did not cause much impact, mainly because the change of rulers was too quiet.
Lin Yuan devoted his energy and planned for seventy years, and had basically infiltrated the entire Dafeng Dynasty.
The transfer of power among the states was also extremely smooth, which was within Lin Yuan's expectations.
Many ordinary people had just learned about the uprising, and the next day they heard about the newly established Great Yan Dynasty.
The first year of Dayan.
Taizu ascended the throne and ruled the world.
Inside the palace.
The white-haired Third Uncle looked blankly at the magnificent palace and tower in front of him.
Standing next to him was Lin Yuan with a smile on his face.
"this"
The white-haired Third Uncle fell silent, looking incredulous.
The Dafeng Dynasty was indeed overthrown.
The leader's son established a new dynasty called "Dayan"?
This, this, this.
The white-haired third uncle was a little frightened.
Even though he had known that Lin Yuan would definitely soar to success.
But overthrowing the rule of the Dafeng Dynasty?
And establish a new dynasty?
"Master, am I dreaming?"
The white-haired Third Uncle muttered to himself.
"Of course it's not a dream."
Lin Yuan said with a smile.
At present, the only person who can be considered a relative in this cyclical world is my third uncle.
"It is now the first year of the Great Yan era."
Lin Yuan said with a smile.
"Yes, the first year of the Great Yan Dynasty, I am not dreaming."
Uncle San grinned and said, "I never thought that I, Lu San, would be able to see the day when the young master would establish a new dynasty."
"It's a pity that Big Brother can't see it."
Third Uncle's expression darkened. The big brother he was talking about was the former leader of the Red Lotus Cult.
That is Lin Yuan's father in this physical body.
If the leader of the Red Lotus Sect had not risked his own life to hold back the Taoists in the Zhendao Division.
He and his uncle had no chance of escaping at all.
"Once we break through the time loop, we can try to 'revive' everyone."
Lin Yuan thought to himself.
He was not sure about this matter.
After all, time is a cyclical world formed under the operation of the supreme rules in theory.
No one knows whether the life inside has ever existed.
The thirteenth-level time beings that Lin Yuan came into contact with did not have the method of reviving life within the time cycle.
In the world of time loop, everything you experience is just a dream.
All the thirteenth-level time beings have practiced for a long time, and their feelings for the so-called family affection are basically very weak.
But Lin Yuan is different.
From the time he embarked on the path of evolution to now.
It didn't take long.
Still more focused on emotions.
If resurrection is within the time loop it is just a matter of convenience.
Lin Yuan would really consider resurrection.
One month later.
The white-haired third uncle passed away.
Lin Yuan was powerless to do anything about this, no matter how hard he tried to regulate his uncle's qi and blood.
But Third Uncle himself was unable to control the circulation of Qi and blood as perfectly as Lin Yuan.
Living to nearly 130 years old is already extremely incredible.
"All my relatives and old friends are dead."
Lin Yuan thought silently in his heart, "Only you are left, Emperor Dafeng."
Now in this world, Lin Yuan only has Emperor Dafeng as his old friend.
Two months later.
Underground of the former capital of Dafeng.
This is the underground fire cave with the most abundant underground fire among the ninety-nine states in the world.
It is also the holy land that all weaponsmiths in the world dream of.
Before the establishment of Dayan, this underground fire cave was controlled by the previous dynasty.
Now, this underground fire cave has been blocked by many imperial guards.
The original weaponsmiths knelt on the spot, trembling with fear.
Just at this moment.
A figure walked in slowly.
It was Lin Yuan.
"Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty."
All the weaponsmiths kowtowed in fear.
"Everyone, get up."
Lin Yuan did not embarrass these weaponsmiths. He glanced around and said, "I remember that all the original divine gold collected by the Dafeng Dynasty is stored here."
The original divine gold is the hardest metal in the world, and it is also the raw material that Taizu of the Dafeng Dynasty wanted to use to cast the Nine Cauldrons.
Given the hardness of the original divine gold, it would take a lot of time to melt it and cast it. It would take at least a hundred years to completely melt a fist-sized piece of original refined gold.
Therefore, whenever the Dafeng Dynasty collected a bit of original divine gold, it would immediately send it to this underground fire cave to be melted, so that after collecting enough original divine gold in the future, the Nine Cauldrons could be cast in a short period of time.
"Your Majesty, I don't know."
The leading craftsman's teeth were chattering. "Since I took over this Earth Fire Cave, I haven't found any original divine gold."
"Yeah?"
Lin Yuan glanced at the other party, and a causal relationship was formed between the two, and he began to observe his past timeline.
After making sure that the other party was not lying, Lin Yuan continued to ask, "Who was the last person in charge of this underground fire cave?"
After leaving the Great Yan Dynasty, Lin Yuan began to thoroughly investigate all traces in the palace related to the real Dafeng Emperor.
By observing the timelines one by one, Lin Yuan quickly noticed the 'missing' of the original refined gold.
That's right.
All the original refined gold collected by the Dafeng Dynasty disappeared.
"Yes, it's my grandpa."
An older weaponsmith mustered up the courage to speak.
"Where is your grandpa now?"
Lin Yuan asked.
"Disappeared. My grandfather suddenly disappeared seventy years ago."
The foundry craftsman said truthfully: "I was still young at the time, and I heard this from my father. Not long after that, my father also disappeared."
"Seventy years ago?"
Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes.
Combined with other information he found, it was almost certain.
The disappearance of all the original sacred gold of the Dafeng Dynasty is related to the real Dafeng emperor that Lin Yuan wants to find.
Because the original divine gold disappeared about seventy years ago, all the toolsmiths in this underground fire cave also disappeared at that time.
It was not until thirty years ago that this underground fire cave was reopened and new weaponsmiths came in.
Secondly, the original divine gold has the will of the Great Emperor of Dafeng. Who else can use it except the current emperor of Dafeng?
"Emperor Dafeng, what did you use so much original divine gold to forge?"
Lin Yuan thought silently in his heart, and several speculations emerged in his mind.
These speculations gave Lin Yuan a new understanding of the real and missing Emperor Dafeng.
Return to the palace.
Lin Yuan gave the order again.
A reward is offered for any large piece of raw refined gold. The finder will be given a title of nobility and a reward of ten thousand gold.
At the same time, Lin Yuan himself began to travel around the world, looking for traces of the original divine gold.
The disappearance of all the original sacred gold in the Underground Fire Cave was caused by the true Emperor Dafeng.
There is definitely a big connection between the two.
If we could find this lost original divine gold.
I guess we can find the Emperor of Dafeng who has disappeared for fifty years.
Time passes slowly.
In the blink of an eye, it was eighty years later.